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Leona Gantt 1933 - 1996

Leona Gantt of Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA was born on February 20, 1933, and died at age 63 years old on March 14, 1996.
Leona Gantt
Modesto, Stanislaus County, CA 95351
February 20, 1933
March 14, 1996
Female
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  • 02/20
    1933

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    February 20, 1933
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  • 03/14
    1996

    Death

    March 14, 1996
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    Leona Gantt lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1933, in the year that Leona Gantt was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1940, when she was just 7 years old, in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.
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